Brief education to increase uptake of influenza vaccine among pregnant women: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pregnant women are the highest priority group for annual influenza vaccination. Studies have shown unacceptably low uptake of both seasonal and pandemic A/H1N1 influenza vaccination among pregnant women. This paper will describe the study protocol and methodology of a randomised controlled trial designed to assess the effectiveness of a brief educational intervention in improving the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccine among pregnant women in Hong Kong.

Methods

A randomised controlled trial will be conducted with pregnant women in at least the second trimester of pregnancy from four publicly funded hospital antenatal clinics in Hong Kong. Participants will be randomly assigned to either one of the two treatment groups: standard care (control) or standard care plu

SUBMITTER: Wong VW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3898030 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature